“Colorado School Board Ends Voucher Program As 6 Years of Litigation Threatened To Drag On” Religion Clause reports here. The Highlands Ranch Herald reports here.
Category: Colorado
Coverage of Masterpiece Cakeshop before oral argument
The U.S. Supreme Court decided to hear Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission. The case involves a Colorado cake baker who declined to make a cake for a gay couple’s wedding. When the Colorado Civil Rights Commission pursued the baker, he argued he was entitled to an exemption from Colorado’s civil-rights laws based on religious and free-speech grounds under the First Amendment. The links below include news coverage, relatively even-handed analysis, and analysis in support of and against the baker’s position that was posted before oral argument, which was scheduled for sometime in the October 2017 term. (This post has been regularly updated through the date of oral argument.) Continue reading “Coverage of Masterpiece Cakeshop before oral argument”
“Wedding Website Designer Has Standing To Challenge One of Colorado’s Civil Rights Laws”
“Wedding Website Designer Has Standing To Challenge One of Colorado’s Civil Rights Laws.” Religion Clause reports here on 303 Creative, LLC v. Elenis, (D. Colo., Sept. 1, 2017). The Alliance Defending Freedom has a press release here.
“Conservative foes of [Ind.] RFRA ‘fix’ ask Supreme Court to overturn LGBT ordinances”
“Conservative foes of [Ind.] RFRA ‘fix’ ask Supreme Court to overturn LGBT ordinances.” The Indianapolis Star has this report about Indiana group’s amicus in Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Comm’n.
“Supreme Court may consolidate same-sex wedding cake and flower cases”
“Supreme Court may consolidate same-sex wedding cake and flower cases” ReligiousLiberty.TV has analysis here.